The Central Michigan Chippewas (0-1) are set to open the 2022 home campaign in celebratory fashion, as CMU will dedicate the field at Kelly/Shorts Stadium on Saturday afternoon to two Chippewa legends in Roy Kramer and Herb Deromedi, two names who helped make the Chips program what it is today.
They’ll take on South Alabama (1-0) in the contest in a first-ever meeting for the two programs.
These are two teams with very similar outside expectations; USA was selected to finish second and CMU was selected to finish third in their respective divisions, with some belief that both teams could compete for the conference title outright in certain circumstances.